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Om (8,539 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Auṃ, ISO 15919: Ōṁ) is a polysemous symbol representing a sacred sound, syllable, mantra, and invocation in Hinduism. Its written form is the most important
Zulu language (5,096 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
low-tone syllables, raising their pitch to a level just below that of adjacent high-tone syllables. A toneless syllable between a high-tone syllable and another
Vietnamese poetry (5,972 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
forms with "seven syllables each line for eight lines," "seven syllables each line for four lines" (a type of quatrain), and "five syllables each line for
Tawbuid language (1,734 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
rounded Syllable-initial, middle and final u 'fingernail, toenail' ugak 'crow' fagut 'tame' alu 'mortar' /ɨ/ close central unrounded Syllable-initial
Hiragana (4,216 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
context and dialect, sounds either like English m, n or ng ([ŋ]) when syllable-final or like the nasal vowels of French, Portuguese or Polish.[citation
Soft hyphen (1,102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and typesetting, a soft hyphen (Unicode U+00AD SOFT HYPHEN (­)) or syllable hyphen, is a code point reserved in some coded character sets for the purpose
Northern Sámi (10,384 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is /ɑ/ in stressed syllables, /a/ in unstressed syllables. The vowel spelled ⟨á⟩ is /a/ in stressed syllables if the next syllable has a back vowel (including
Tifal language (831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
/w/ and /j/ occur syllable-initially. Only one dialect allows syllable-coda /j/. In inflected words stress lies on the last syllable of the verb stem.
Sursurunga language (477 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
allophones: [pʷ] syllable initially and [p̚] syllable finally. /t̪/ has two allophones: [t̪] syllable initially and [t̪]~[t̪͆] syllable finally. /k/ has
Iamb (poetry) (1,070 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable (as in καλή (kalḗ) "beautiful (f.)"). This terminology was
Niuafoʻou language (234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
middle of words, it is either /ɦ/ or /x/. Niuafoʻou has a very simple syllable structure, (C)V. However, it is apparently transitioning towards allowing
Trochee (600 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
metre, a trochee (/ˈtroʊkiː/) is a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one, in qualitative meter, as found in English
French phonology (5,195 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
word-final and word-initial consonants may be moved across a syllable boundary, with syllables crossing word boundaries: An example of the above is this:
Sanskrit prosody (5,198 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
aesthetics. Sanskrit metres include those based on a fixed number of syllables per verse, and those based on fixed number of morae per verse. Extant
Korean name (6,261 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the surname and the given name. Most Korean surnames consist of a single syllable, although multisyllabic surnames exist (e.g. Namgung). Upon marriage, both
Tunica language (3,738 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and unstressed syllables, and stressed syllables can have a higher pitch than other syllables, depending on the position of the syllable in a phrase. The
Korean name (6,261 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the surname and the given name. Most Korean surnames consist of a single syllable, although multisyllabic surnames exist (e.g. Namgung). Upon marriage, both
Choctaw language (4,147 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
stops are slightly aspirated at the onset of words and before stressed syllables, behaving like English voiceless plosives. ^ Controversially, some analyses
Vedic metre (1,891 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
disciplines. In addition to these seven, there are fourteen less frequent syllable-based metres (Varna-vritta or Akshara-chandas): 8. Atijagati (13x4); 9
Vamale language (2,165 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and on the final consonant of the syllable, /e/ and /o/ can be realized more open: plosives and short syllables trigger open vowels (e.g. [tɔːt] 'grass'
Paralanguage (2,257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
claimed to be a universal syllable. A 2013 study suggested that the word/syllable huh is perhaps the most recognized syllable throughout the world. It
Acute accent (4,853 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
indicated a syllable with a high pitch. In Modern Greek, a stress accent has replaced the pitch accent, and the acute marks the stressed syllable of a word
Goemai language (2,374 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
syllable-initial positions, but some are restricted from appearing in syllable-final position.: 54–55  Those phonemes that are attested in syllable-final
NATO reporting name (932 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
system assists military communications by providing short, one- or two-syllable names, as alternatives to the precise proper names, which may be easily
Do-Re-Mi (890 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Each syllable of the musical solfège system appears in the song's lyrics, sung on the
Kural (poetic form) (813 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
prosodic system. This discussion is presented in terms of syllables, feet, and lines (although syllables are not explicitly present in Tamil prosodic theory)
McCune–Reischauer (2,913 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
each syllable in a Sino-Korean given name is separated by a space with the first letter of each syllable capitalized (e.g. 안복철 An Pok Chŏl). Syllables in
Maring language (380 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vowels (V) for syllables. Examples for each pattern show the Maring word with each syllable separated by a period. The example syllable pattern in the
Moken language (1,135 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the allophone [ɪ] in closed syllables and /ɛ/ has the allophone [æ] in open syllables. Moken has a maximum CVC syllable structure. Consonant clusters
Niuean language (2,100 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or etymology of the word. The basic structure of a Niuean syllable is (C)V(V); all syllables end in a vowel or diphthong, and may start with at most one
Kokota language (4,748 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
based on syllables, placing main stress on the leftmost syllable of the word.: 30  Words can be divided into syllables (σ) and feet (φ) and syllables may be
Bahasa Binan (444 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Indonesian roots (normally composed of two syllables) to have e as the first vowel and ong closing the second syllable—hence providing regular assonance with
Chengyu (2,134 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Chengyu (traditional Chinese: 成語; simplified Chinese: 成语; pinyin: chéngyǔ; trans. "set phrase") are a type of traditional Chinese idiomatic expressions
Tonkawa language (1,723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
begins the syllable, there can be no intervening vowel. Initial Cluster Consonants: kʷ, m, n, s, x Final Cluster Consonants: ʔ Initial stem syllables that begin
Tai Nuea language (1,332 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
very limited inventory of syllables with no consonant clusters. 16 syllable-initial consonants can be combined with 84 syllable finals and six tones. Notes:
Korafe language (1,140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Stress on syllables comes on different syllables depending on the amount of syllables The accent mark also helps to show the location of said syllable that
Korafe language (1,140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Stress on syllables comes on different syllables depending on the amount of syllables The accent mark also helps to show the location of said syllable that
É (1,785 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
occasionally as a pronunciation aid in poetry, to indicate stress on an unusual syllable. Languages may use é to indicate a certain sound (French), stress pattern
Lule Sami (1,695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
unstressed syllables, but only when a preceding stressed syllable contains /o/. Consonants, including clusters, that occur after a stressed syllable can occur
Stress and vowel reduction in English (4,956 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Absence of stress on a syllable, or on a word in some cases, is frequently associated in English with vowel reduction – many such syllables are pronounced with
Japanese Braille (1,374 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
written in isolation, it indicates that the following syllable has a medial y, as in mya. Syllables beginning with w are indicated by dropping the vowel
Akshara (1,200 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
notion of the syllable as a kind of immutable (or "atomic") substance of both language and truth, most prominently, the mystical syllable Aum, which is
Eastern Pomo language (3,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
unstressed syllables than in stressed syllables, and occurs most commonly in syllable- and word-final position. The most common syllable structure used
LZWL (320 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
LZWL is a syllable-based variant of the LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) compression algorithm, designed to work with syllables derived from any syllable decomposition
Y (3,244 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
yes at the beginning of a syllable before a vowel, as in beyond, lawyer, canyon As /aɪ/: under stress in an open syllable, as in my, type, rye, lying
Arosi language (1,156 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
labialized allophones [kʷ, ɡʷ] when before rounded vowels. Syllables never end in a consonant; every syllable has either V or CV structure. The table below shows
Siar-Lak language (555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
last syllable in each word. Examples of words broken down into syllables and translated include: Siar Lak contains four different types of syllable patterns
Wade–Giles (2,387 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
kʻ, k and h, otherwise as -ê: kʻo, ko, ho, shê, chʻê. When [ɤ] forms a syllable on its own, it is written ê or o depending on the character. Wade–Giles
Wintu language (2,282 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
closed syllables. For example, clusters of consonants occur when a syllable ending in a consonant is followed in the same word by another syllable. Some
Bimin language (179 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
[kχ]~[χ]~[gχ]~[ɣ]. /g/ is [g] in syllable onsets and [ŋ] in syllable codas. Intervocalic /b/ is "almost like" /w/ or [β]. /f/ is [w] syllable initially and intervocalically
Comanche language (3,764 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
on the second syllable of a two-syllable word; the third syllable of a word with three, four, or five syllables; and the fourth syllable of a word with
Makassarese language (5,929 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
as the open-mid vowel [ɛ] when it is at the end of a word or before a syllable containing the sound [ɛ]. Compare, for instance, the pronunciation of /e/
Tawil (627 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
follows (the symbol – representing a long syllable, ⏑ representing a short syllable, and x representing a syllable that can be short or long): | ᴗ – x | ᴗ
Hazaj meter (2,333 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is its leading iamb, that is, the first two syllables of its prosodic feet are short-long.[c] This syllable pair (the watid, "peg") is then repeated at
Neo-Mandaic (5,180 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
open accented syllables. /e/ is realized as [e] in open syllables and [ɛ] in closed syllables. /o/ is realized as [oː] in open syllables and as [ʌ] in
Khmer script (4,410 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
consonant of a syllable) has the following effects: in a syllable with inherent â, the vowel is shortened to [ɑ], UN transcription á in a syllable with inherent
Northern Qiang language (1,933 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
across syllables in compounds or in prefix + root combinations. Vowel harmony can also occur for r-coloring on the first syllable if the second syllable of
Ersu language (1,929 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
consonants. Each syllable will have a nucleus that is a vowel, diphthong, or triphthong, and very rarely a syllabic nasal. Often a syllable can be simply
Danish phonology (3,024 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
/p, t, k, h/ occur only syllable-initially and [ŋ, ð, w] only syllable-finally. [ɕ] is phonemically /sj/ and [w] is the syllable-final allophone of /v/
Nuaulu language (1,139 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with a CVN syllable, that syllable is reduplicated. If the root word begins with any other syllable structure, then the initial two syllables of the root
Pnar language (460 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the sounds in slashes are phonemes. There is also one diphthong: /ia/. Syllables in Pnar can consist of a single nucleic vowel. Maximally, they can include
Cherhill, Alberta (431 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
located in census division No. 13. The first syllable of the Cherhill's name is derived from the last syllable of the name of A. P. Stetcher, the postmaster
Nuaulu language (1,139 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with a CVN syllable, that syllable is reduplicated. If the root word begins with any other syllable structure, then the initial two syllables of the root
Nzadi language (572 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the case of bisyllabic stems, both syllables begin with a consonant, and long vowels never occur in the first syllable, and rarely in the second. As a result
Om Namah Shivaya (674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Panchakshara, or Shiva Panchakshara or simply Panchakshara meaning the "five-syllable" mantra (viz., excluding the Om) and is dedicated to Shiva. This Mantra
Munda languages (6,273 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
always iambic, reduced first syllable vowel space, and second syllable prominence. Even CV.CCə words show final syllable prominence. Horo & Sarmah (2015)
Pranava yoga (1,897 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
simply put, fixing the mind on the sound of the mantra "Aum" – the sacred syllable that both symbolizes and embodies Brahman, the Absolute Reality – as the
Wandala language (526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and six phonetic vowels, as well as two underlying tones. Some possible syllable structures are V, N (nasal consonant), CV, Glide V, VC, CVC. Consonant
Belait language (735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
realised as [ə] in non-final syllables, and as [ɛ] and [e] in final syllables. Lexical roots are disyllabic. Final syllables are typically (C)V((C)C). Non-final
Izi language (1,752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
neutral. They are regarded as syllable features for several reasons but most importantly since they cause contrast between syllables rather than between individual
Musom language (903 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
contain multiple syllables, those syllables could be dropped or centralized. A vowel turns into schwa [ə] in the unstressed syllable. Here is an example:
Monguor language (756 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
stressed syllable, or of a word-initial syllable. It can also be heard as a flap sound [ɾ] intervocalically in the onset of an unstressed syllable. In a
Kashubian language (4,552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
northern dialects, unstressed syllables can result in vowel reduction. An archaic word final stress is preserved in some two-syllable adjectives, adverbs, and
Sawai language (218 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Sawai has 15 consonants: Sawai has eight vowels: Sawai has the following syllable structure: (C)(C)V(C) Examples: Sawai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription
Proto-Slavic accent (6,258 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
accent, and a distinction between "short" and "long" syllables. A long syllable was any syllable containing either a long vowel, a diphthong, or a so-called
Yuchi language (3,914 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
parts of speech have syllable-final stress, and syllable-initial secondary stress[clarification needed]; also, particles (one-syllable words) are stressed
Tabaru language (188 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vowel system: a, e, i, o, u. On the surface level, Tabaru only allows syllables of the type (C)V. Words with an underlying final consonant add an echo
Wahgi language (1,704 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
across syllables with sequences in single heavy (bimoraic CVV) syllables. Observed consonant clusters within words are those allowed as syllable codas
Classical Nahuatl (1,344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
consonants can occur in both syllable-initial and syllable-final position. The consonants /l/ and /w/ are devoiced in syllable-final position. Likewise,
Inari Sámi language (2,602 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
consisting of two syllables each, and with secondary stress on the first syllable of every foot. In the other Samic languages the last syllable in a word with
Estonian phonology (1,375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
initial and non-initial syllables. Vowels /o, ɤ, æ, ø, y/ generally occur in initial syllables; they can occur in non-initial syllables only in compound words
Mbabaram language (817 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the second syllable of a word if the first syllable began with */ɡ/, */ŋ/, or */wu/. [ɛ] developed from original */a/ in the second syllable of a word
Kedah Malay (801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Note(s): In open-ended final syllables and before a glottal stop (allophone of /k/ in the syllable coda) also in final syllables, /a/ is realised as [ɒ],
Yugtun script (224 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
learned English or the Latin alphabet, he was influenced by both. The syllable kut, for example, resembles the cursive form of the English word good.
Kazakh language (2,393 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
stressed in the last syllable, except: When counting objects, numbers are stressed in the first syllable, but stressed in the last syllable in collective numbers
Proto-Indo-European accent (1,989 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a "pitch accent" system where one syllable of each of phonological word had a higher pitch than the other syllables. The placement of this accent was
Kelantan–Pattani Malay (2,073 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
one syllable, syllables with a schwa /ə/ are unstressed. petang /pətaŋ/ > [pəˈtɛ̃] 'afternoon' belakang /bəlakaŋ/ > [bəˌlaˈkɛ̃] 'back' Syllables that
Mandukya Upanishad (4,043 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and is associated with a Rig Vedic school of scholars. It discusses the syllable Aum; adds turiya to the three states of consciousness; and asserts that
Mokilese language (1,976 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
However, this does not mean that there are no rules at all. Mokilese syllables still maintain a set of rules as explained by Harrison and Albert (1976):
Inuktitut Braille (759 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of a letter indicates the vowel of a syllable, and shape indicates the consonant, this means that the syllable ki, for example, is written ik. Vowel
Lithuanian phonology (2,617 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
centralization. Only one syllable in the word bears the accent, but exactly which syllable is often unpredictable. Accented syllables are marked with either
Monophthong (203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to another) within the same syllable, and with hiatus, where two vowels are next to each other but in different syllables. A vowel sound whose quality
Scat singing (3,462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
singing or scatting is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. In scat singing, the singer improvises melodies
90 (number) (2,028 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
they sound very similar. When carefully enunciated, they differ in which syllable is stressed: 19 /naɪnˈtiːn/ vs 90 /ˈnaɪnti/. However, in dates such as
Cantiñas (346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The main verse has four eight-syllable lines. They frequently also include a small refrain with three five-syllable lines. Their popularity increased
Hakha Chin (794 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
are predominantly monosyllabic with some sesqui syllables featuring a "reduced syllable". Full syllables are either open or closed with a rising, falling
Hasha language (118 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
State Nigeria. It has an idiosyncratic system of reduplicating the first syllable of noun stems, apparently under the influence of the Chadic language Sha
Cywydd (223 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
series of seven-syllable lines in rhyming couplets, with all lines written in cynghanedd. One of the lines must finish with a stressed syllable, while the
Avá-Canoeiro language (1,791 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
voiced plosives [b, d] freely in word-initial positions. The most common syllable structure in Avá-Canoeiro is CV which is found in all positions within
Halide (532 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
general formula, MX (X = F, Cl, Br or I). Many salts are halides; the hal- syllable in halide and halite reflects this correlation. A halide ion is a halogen
Eskayan script (299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
southeast of the island of Bohol." Eskayan has letters for V, CV, VC, and CCV syllables (where CCV is either CrV or ClV). For CVC, the final consonant is written
Japanese manual syllabary (695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
It is a signary of 45 signs and 4 diacritics representing the phonetic syllables of the Japanese language. Signs are distinguished both in the direction
Shaddah (524 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
'greater'. A syllable closed by a long consonant is made a long syllable. This affects both stress and prosody. Stress falls on the first long syllable from the
Verner's law (2,003 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the voiceless fricatives *f, *þ, *s, *h, *hʷ, following an unstressed syllable, became the voiced fricatives *β, *ð, *z, *ɣ, *ɣʷ. The law was formulated
Taijasa (746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
listener of this sound syllable becomes the knower of truth, of reality; U being labial modifies speech represented by the sound syllable A which is the primordial
Indo-European ablaut (3,513 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
following syllable. A switch to the o-grade when the word stress moves to the preceding syllable. A lengthening of the vowel when the syllable is in word-final
Deity yoga (8,993 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
meditator. Sometimes the deity is imagined as just a moon disk, or the seed syllable of the deity, at other times, the full form of the deity may be visualized
Itamaraju (277 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
trees of Jucuruçu" from the terms itá (rock), mara (woods), and ju (first syllable of the Jucuruçu River). On 22 April 1500 a Portuguese fleet under the command
Situ language (1,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with particular syllable structures distinguish stem I’ or stem II’, sensitive to phonological environment. Verbs with an open syllable and a high tone
Situ language (1,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with particular syllable structures distinguish stem I’ or stem II’, sensitive to phonological environment. Verbs with an open syllable and a high tone
Hanwa Line (989 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
southern Osaka suburb. The name is taken from the second syllable of Osaka and the first syllable of Wakayama. The terminus of the line in Osaka is Tennōji
Dutch orthography (4,098 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
followed by a consonant in the same syllable (the syllable is closed) while a free vowel ends the syllable (the syllable is open). This distinction can apply
Majhi language (1,088 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
researchers believe that further study on syllable structure is necessary to ascertain a fuller understanding of the syllable structure.:17 When Majhi features
Apesia (103 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the middle syllable means ugly, the name of the village is pronounced in a different way, Απαισιά and the emphasis goes on the third syllable. Apesia was
Moon (Korean name) (554 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
spelled Mun, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning varies depending
Saraiki language (4,797 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the first syllable of a word. The stress will, however, fall on the second syllable of a two-syllable word if the vowel in the first syllable is centralised
Anapaest (642 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
two short syllables followed by a long one; in accentual stress meters it consists of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. It may
Vajrasattva (1,568 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to accumulate one billion six syllable Vajrasattva recitations from practitioners around the world. The six syllable mantra (oṁ Vajrasattva Hūṁ), is
Igbo language (5,555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the second syllable of abuo "two". Another distinct tone appears in the second syllable of asaa "seven" and another in the second syllable of aguu "hunger"
Jicarilla language (1,612 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
can appear as a syllable and bear a high or low tone, but not a falling tone. High-toned /ń/ actually represents an underlying syllable, /nÍ/. There are
Vowel harmony (6,467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
tendency to end syllables with a vowel (syllables were or became open). This rule remained in place for a long time, and ensured that a syllable containing
Anacrusis (1,392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
set of syllables or notes, or a single syllable or note, which precedes what is considered the first foot of a poetic line (or the first syllable of the
Slovene phonology (5,042 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
unstressed ones, and that stressed open syllables are longer than stressed closed syllables. Stressed syllables are characterized by amplitude and pitch
.mn (243 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Registry, Datacom. The domain name is composed of the consonants in the first syllable of the country name. The .MN registry is operated under the thick registry
Ubbi dubbi (653 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sound in a syllable (or, as a linguist might put it, "insert [ˈʌb] after each syllable onset"). The stress falls on the "ub" of the syllable that is stressed
Muna language (976 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
has veins'. Like many other languages on Sulawesi, Muna only has open syllables of the types CV (consonant-vowel) and V (vowel), e.g. kaindea /ka.i.ⁿde
Serbo-Croatian phonology (4,292 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
varying degrees of code switching. The accent can be on any syllable, but rarely on the last syllable. This is relevant for Serbia, where educated speakers
Ekakshara Upanishad (1,000 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Narayana, the Atman (soul) that resides in one's heart. The one immortal syllable (Ekakshara), is described in the text as the Hiranyagarbha (the golden
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics (7,999 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
inverting (flipping upside down) the -a syllables to get the -i syllables, and the -u syllables to get the -e syllables; and for the symmetric forms, rotating
Matsu dialect (860 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sandhi rules: in an utterance, only the last syllable pronounced is not affected by the rules. The two-syllable tonal sandhi rules are shown in the table
Ad libitum (626 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
often associated mnemonically (because of the alliteration of the lib- syllable), although it is not the translation (there is no cognation between libitum
Yi script (2,359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
superscript arc). Counting syllables with this diacritic, the script represents 1,164 syllables. In addition, there is a syllable iteration mark, ꀕ (represented
Muna language (976 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
has veins'. Like many other languages on Sulawesi, Muna only has open syllables of the types CV (consonant-vowel) and V (vowel), e.g. kaindea /ka.i.ⁿde
Leke script (344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vowels and tones are written around them. In text encoding, the vowels of a syllable always follow the consonant, even the two vowels dwia thwai and ri yah
Hard count (423 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
accented syllable (for example, "hut one ... hut two ... hut three ... hut hut HUT"). Quarterbacks can use a snap with two or more accented syllables in the
Lepcha script (616 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Lepcha people to write the Lepcha language. Unusually for an abugida, syllable-final consonants are written as diacritics. Lepcha is derived from the
Glossary of sound laws in the Indo-European languages (8,748 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
from the initial syllable to the final syllable. If the encliticized morpheme has no syllable, the stress moves to the preceding syllable. This process occurred
Menominee language (2,286 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
/n/. Syllable structure in Menominee is typically VC(C) or C(C)VC(C); syllables do not end in vowels. Any consonant can begin or end a syllable except
Chinese compound surname (282 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A Chinese compound surname is a Chinese surname using more than one character. Many of these compound surnames derive from Zhou dynasty Chinese noble and
Munsee language (4,288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
odd-numbered syllable is weak and the even-numbered syllable is strong. As well, certain syllables containing short vowels (frequently such syllables occur in
Venda language (821 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
unmarked syllables having a low tone. Phonetic falling tone occurs only in sequences of more than one vowel or on the penultimate syllable if the vowel
Toto language (1,173 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
drown') tɛ́bo 'big' (first syllable) así 'shit' daŋkre 'right' (vs. 'left') buibé 'stomach' (first syllable); the second syllable -be is cognate with Toto
Yat (5,467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in stressed syllable before hard consonant/syllable, /æ/ in stressed syllable before soft consonant/syllable and /ɛ/ in unstressed syllables (cf. Maps no
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics (7,999 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
inverting (flipping upside down) the -a syllables to get the -i syllables, and the -u syllables to get the -e syllables; and for the symmetric forms, rotating
Yipma language (364 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
following syllable; and fronted when /j/ or /i/ occur in the same or following syllable. Yipma has pitch-accent. Either the final or penultimate syllable can
È (445 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
past participle forms of verbs in poetic texts to indicate that the final syllable should be pronounced separately. For example, blessèd would indicate the
Cun language (333 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
monolingual. Cun is a tonal language with 10 tones, used depending on whether a syllable is checked or unchecked. The speakers of this language are classified by
Djinang language (2,064 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
designation. The syllable structure of the Djinang language would be classified as moderately complex. It has three underlying syllable patterns CV, CVC
Masbateño language (4,513 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
non-final syllable is usually lengthened. For example, in the case of búhay 'life' vs buháy 'alive', the syllable bú in 'life' is longer than the syllable bu
Kamil (metre) (814 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
form of the metre is as follows (where "–" represents a long syllable, "u" a short syllable, and "uu" one long or two shorts): | uu – u – | uu – u – | uu
Oroha language (1,236 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ae, ai, ao, au, ei, and ou. Oroha consists only of open syllables. There are no closed syllables. Verbs may be reduplicated to intensity the meaning of
Miami–Illinois language (3,810 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(heightened syllable prominence) is independent of the strong syllable rule: weak syllables can be accented, and whereas the strong syllable rule applies
Puluwat language (1,757 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Long vowels and consonants are indicated by doubling their letters. The syllables in Puluwatese begin with either consonants or geminate consonants followed
Kilometre (1,110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in English whereby SI units are pronounced with the stress on the first syllable (as in kilogram, kilojoule and kilohertz) and the pronunciation of the
Tiberian Hebrew (2,634 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
on syllable structure. Open syllables must take long or ultrashort vowels; stressed closed syllables take long vowels; unstressed closed syllables take
Bīja (886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the term bīja is used for mystical "seed syllables" contained within mantras or standalone seed syllable mantras (bijamantra). These seeds do not have
Wuvulu-Aua language (4,416 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
from English replace [k] with ʔ. The syllable structure in Wuvulu is (C)V. The vowel is the nucleus of the syllable and can be a standard vowel, a long
Grave accent (2,139 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
acute accent. In modern practice, it replaces an acute accent in the last syllable of a word when that word is followed immediately by another word. The grave
Jingulu language (4,674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
basic syllable structure in Jingulu is CV. CVC and CVLC are also permissible structures. The basic phonological unit is the open (CV) syllable when V
Á (648 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
stressed syllable is in an abnormal location within the word, as in lá (there) and rápido (rapid, fast). If the location of the stressed syllable is predictable
Gregorian chant (9,662 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the syllables, can be sung in various ways. The most straightforward is recitation on the same tone, which is called "syllabic" as each syllable is sung
Jingulu language (4,674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
basic syllable structure in Jingulu is CV. CVC and CVLC are also permissible structures. The basic phonological unit is the open (CV) syllable when V
Ivšić's law (461 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
preceding syllable. That syllable gained a rising neoacute accent. It is denoted with a tilde diacritic ⟨◌̃⟩ on historically "long" syllables (*a, *i,
Fourteener (poetry) (1,259 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
In poetry, a fourteener is a line consisting of 14 syllables, which are usually made of seven iambic feet, for which the style is also called iambic heptameter
Catalexis (1,534 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
verse, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. One form of catalexis is headlessness, where the unstressed syllable is dropped from
Hiw language (1,163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
becomes [u] after a labio-velar, while /ə/ only becomes [u] in pre-tonic syllables, and then only optionally. Hiw has 14 consonants. All plosives are voiceless
Aslian languages (3,466 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
CCV(C). Sesquisyllabic: consist of a major syllable with fully stressed vowel, preceded by a minor syllable Temiar ləpud 'caudal fin' Semai kʔɛːp [kɛʔɛːp]
Tuyuca language (797 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
consonants are /p t k b d ɡ s r w j h/, and its vowels are /i ɨ u e a o/, with syllable nasalization and pitch accent occurring as well. The following words show
Skolt Sámi (5,341 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
syllable of any word is always the primary stressed syllable in Skolt Sámi as Skolt is a fixed-stress language. In words with two or more syllables,
Fuqing dialect (4,094 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
has one syllable [ŋiau], and is not found in the Qī Lín Bāyīn; furthermore, Foochow Romanized does not have a way to represent this syllable. In the modern
Hirt's law (1,399 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
that closed the preceding syllable. The retraction did not take place if the laryngeal did not immediately follow the syllable nucleus, i.e. if the nucleus
ISO/TR 11941 (315 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
non-initial syllable of a polysyllabic word (e.g. 앉아라 anc'ara/anj'ara) When ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅉ, or ㅆ appears at the initial position of a non-initial syllable of a polysyllabic
South Bolivian Quechua (2,718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
voiced uvular fricative [ʁ] syllable-initially. Additional phonological alternations include fricativization of /k/ and /q/ syllable-finally, to velar [x] and
Thai poetry (2,259 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
bat has five syllables. The second wak has two or four syllables in the first and third bat, two syllables in the second, and four syllables in the fourth
Dingir (535 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the supreme deity of the Sumerian pantheon Anu, and a phonogram for the syllable /an/. Akkadian cuneiform took over all these uses and added to them a logographic
Huichol language (2,007 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
default position for word stress in Huichol is the penultimate syllable (the next to last syllable), as in Spanish and English. When a word has primary stress
Halyard (568 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
derives from the Middle English halier ("rope to haul with"), with the last syllable altered by association with the English unit of measure "yard". Halyards
Santa language (2,502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
themselves. The central approximants /j, w/ are fricativized [ʝ, v] when syllable-initial, mainly before close vowels. /w/ can further be found before front
Burmese Braille (429 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
provided distinct letters for complex onsets such as ky, hm and for various syllable rimes (ok, ein, aung, etc.), with no regard to how they are written in
Turkana language (929 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
also occur glottalized as implosives [ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ] when in syllable-initial positions. In syllable-final position, they are realized as unreleased. /k/ is
Proto-Indo-European phonology (6,285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a syllable had plain *e, it is termed "e-grade" or "full-grade", and if a syllable had *ē, it is termed "lengthened e-grade"; likewise if a syllable had
Jutlandic (3,500 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and only in one or two-syllable words and is realized in transcription as [']. However, in two-syllable words the second syllable must be a derivational
Chōonpu (521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
used to represent a syllable-final sequence of a vowel letter + r, which in English generally represents a long vowel if the syllable is stressed and a
Naueti language (346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sequences are heterosyllabic. Stress generally falls on the penultimate syllable, with very few native exceptions. Loanwords preserve their original stress
Ixcatec language (3,824 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
between tones is greatest between stressed syllables since they lose most of their distinctive value in syllables that precede a stressed one. Tones may undergo
Alboreá (171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
outside of these ceremonies. Its lyrics should be accompanied by 4 seven-syllable verses and a refrain. It is often sung with a libre (no beat structure)
Homophone (4,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of homophones called one-syllable articles, or poems where every single word in the poem is pronounced as the same syllable if tones are disregarded.
Bashkir language (1,280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Notes Аа [ɑ], [a] "A" is usually pronounced as [ɑ] in all syllables except last, in last syllable it is pronounced as [a]. Бб [b], [β] [β] is the intervocal
Bété syllabary (911 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
pictographic characters, which represent scenes from life and stand for syllables in Bété. Bouabré created it to help Bété people learn to read in their
Homophone (4,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of homophones called one-syllable articles, or poems where every single word in the poem is pronounced as the same syllable if tones are disregarded.
Woleaian language (1,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
three consonants in a row. Words may either have CV, CCV, CCCV, or VV syllable structures, and words can end in consonants. There are four inflectional
Arabic prosody (2,658 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
usually analyse the meters in terms of syllables, which can be long (–), short (u) and anceps (x), that is, a syllable which can be optionally long or short
Proto-Tibeto-Burman language (4,038 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in syllable structure have been attested in Tibeto-Burman languages (Matisoff 2003:155). (Note: Sesquisyllable, otherwise known as a minor syllable, is
Rotuman language (1,263 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is underlyingly a language of open syllables. Thus, only consonant + vowel syllables exist in the underlying syllable structure, although phonological processes
Cofán language (4,000 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(DIST=SIM=AUG) 'exactly like that': 4  Aʼingae syllable structure is (C)V(ʔ), with many variations thereof. At minimum a syllable can be a singular vowel and at maximum
Tewa language (2,489 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the latter use a nasal plus /d/. In two-syllable word bases, words that have a short /u/ in the initial syllable have a long /u/ in the Santa Clara dialect
Tutnese (697 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
replaced with a different syllable. The linguistics journal American Speech published the following table detailing syllables that replace consonants in
Algonquin language (1,174 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"weak" syllable plus one "strong" syllable), counting long vowels (à, è, ì, ò) as a full foot (a foot consisting of a single "strong" syllable). The primary
Kubutz and shuruk (2,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
phonology The shuruk is used to mark [u] at the last syllable of the word and in open syllables in the middle of the word: שָׁמְרוּ ('they guarded') [ʃaˈmʁu]
Tonguing (607 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the air flow through the instrument. If a more soft tone is desired, the syllable "da" (as in double) is preferred. The technique also works for whistling
Tapayuna language (1,311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
branched syllable-onset after a voiced sound, [ʀ̥] when in a branched syllable-onset after /k/, and as [l] when in an initial and medial syllable onset.
Grass Koiari language (1,276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
simple; it has all open syllables, and lacks unusual vowels and consonants and complex consonant clusters. The two types of syllables that occur are V (vowel)
Chepang language (665 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
segment before. Some example of possible occurrences are listed below: Syllable Initial Full closure [ʔ] at the beginning of words — (ʔ / #__) Re-articulation
Shíshálh language (1,396 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is. All Sechelt words have at least one stressed syllable, but some words have stress on every syllable. This gives the language its characteristic "choppy"
Ruba'i (802 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"–" represents a long syllable, and "u" a short one. As variations of this scheme, any sequence of – u, except the final syllable of each line, can be
Klon language (2,079 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
distribution. The voiced velar stop /g/ only occurs syllable initially. The voiced velar nasal /ŋ/ only occurs syllable finally. The voiced palatal stop /ɟ/, which
Dybo's law (1,359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
shifted rightward from a non-acute syllable (i.e. a long circumflex syllable, or a short syllable) to the following syllable if the word belonged to the fixed
Common metre (1,261 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
each foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The metre is denoted by the syllable count of each line, i.e. 8.6.8.6, 86
Welsh orthography (2,356 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"my") or non-final syllables (regardless of whether these are stressed or not), but /ɨ̞, ɨː/ (N) or /ɪ, iː/ (S) in word-final syllables (again, regardless
Argobba language (3,289 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
functioning syllable structure. It is a vowel without any specifications and is used solely to create a satisfying structural condition. The syllable structure
Head (linguistics) (1,421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
extends from the first stressed syllable up to (but not including) the tonic syllable. A high head is the stressed syllable that begins the head and is high
Timucua language (3,148 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
stress on the first syllable. In words of more than three syllables, the first syllable receives a primary stress while every syllable after receives a secondary
Grass Koiari language (1,276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
simple; it has all open syllables, and lacks unusual vowels and consonants and complex consonant clusters. The two types of syllables that occur are V (vowel)
Karbi language (1,496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
same speaker) and /r~ɾ~ɹ/ (intergenerational and interdialectal). Karbi syllables may be the open (C)(C)V(V) or the closed (C)(C)VC. Possible onset consonant
English Braille (6,240 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
rule stating that contractions and abbreviations should not span "major" syllable boundaries. In 1991, an American proposal was made for Unified English
Norwegian phonology (4,086 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
first syllable, while accent 2 uses a high, sharply falling pitch in the first syllable and a low pitch in the beginning of the second syllable. In both
Dybo's law (1,359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
shifted rightward from a non-acute syllable (i.e. a long circumflex syllable, or a short syllable) to the following syllable if the word belonged to the fixed
Proto-Germanic language (12,240 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the fixing of the accent, or stress, on the root syllable of a word, typically on the first syllable. Proto-Indo-European had featured a moveable pitch-accent
Stepanovich (140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
surname has an accent on the third syllable (second from the end), while the patronymic has an accent on the second syllable (as in the name "Stepán"). Alex
Sikaritai language (335 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vowels or following another consonants, and as [d̚] syllable-finally. /k/ is realized as [g̚] syllable-finally. When followed by a vowel, the sequence /ik/
Aguaruna language (3,514 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vowel elision occur. Syllables may either be light or heavy. Light syllables contain one vowel and are open (CV). Heavy syllables may contain a complex
Malampa Province (167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
islands: Malakula, Ambrym and Paama, and takes its name from the first syllable of their names. It includes a number of other islands – the small islands
Slovene dialects (4,563 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Carniolan dialects. From short acute first syllable in words with three syllables to a following syllable (*bàbica > *babìca), which happened in a part
Man, West Virginia (888 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a dam collapse. The name of the town reportedly derives from the last syllable of the surname of Ulysses Hinchman, who was a member of the House of Delegates
McWord (462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A McWord is a word containing the prefix Mc-, derived from the first syllable of the name of the McDonald's restaurant chain. Words of this nature are
Ho-Chunk language (2,772 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
one of the first two syllables of a multiple-syllable word is a heavy syllable, then the main stress falls on the second syllable Generally when words
Bieup (118 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sound, depending on its position. At the beginning and end of a word or syllable it indicates a [p] sound, while after a vowel it designates a [b] sound
Ö (1,555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vowels, the character is known as an "o with diaeresis" and denotes a syllable break, wherein its pronunciation remains an unmodified [o]. The letter
İZDENİZ (189 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and ferry terminals within the Gulf of İzmir, Turkey. ( İz is the first syllable of the name İzmir and -deniz means sea.) The company was established in
Sundanese script (862 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
an inherent vowel 'a', so that each consonant letter is pronounced as a syllable. The original eighteen consonants are ka-ga-nga, ca-ja-nya, ta-da-na, pa-ba-ma
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show (978 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
another pointed to them. One-Syllable Words: Players acted out a scene and had to use only words with one syllable. Multiple-syllable words got players buzzed
Royal Thai General System of Transcription (1,287 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
avoid ambiguity in syllable separation before a succeeding syllable that starts with a vowel and before ⟨ng⟩ if the preceding syllable ends with a vowel
Paroxytone (173 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
paroxýtonos) is a word with stress on the penultimate syllable, that is, the second-to-last syllable,: 121  such as the English word potáto. In English,
Mantra (11,247 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indo-Iranian language
Ekari language (438 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and diphthongs are analyzed as sequences. Ekari has pitch accent. One syllable in a word may have a high tone, contrasting with words without a high tone
Metaphony (281 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the affected vowel by several consonants, or sometimes even by several syllables. For more discussion, see the article on vowel harmony. There are two
Seo (surname) (1,982 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
the hanja 徐. Seo can also be used as a single-syllable Korean given name or an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. The given name meaning differs
Yo (Cyrillic) (2,206 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Other languages may have subtle differences. The letter ⟨ё⟩ is a stressed syllable in the overwhelming majority of Russian and Belarusian words. In Russian
Maymont, Saskatchewan (577 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Manitoba already had that name. So, he took her first name and the first syllable of her last name and combined them to form the name Maymont. Like many
Hote language (1,682 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. A. In words up to four syllables, the first syllable is primarily stressed with occasional exceptions. Example: 'damak
Rhotic (142 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Chinese and other Sinitic languages, adds R-coloring to the final of a syllable Rhoticism (disambiguation) Rhotacism Rhoticity in English, English accents
Tabeguache Peak (467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Dawson the name is pronounced "tab-uh-wash," with the accent on the first syllable. It lies just east of the Continental Divide and just west of the Arkansas
Tobian language (645 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
on the last syllable of the words. In the present, the stress marks can be placed either on the last syllable or the second to last syllable. Stress on
Georgian language (3,822 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
initial syllable of a word. Georgian vowels in non-initial syllables are pronounced with a shorter duration compared to vowels in initial syllables. long
Haida language (6,761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
stops are partially voiced in syllable-initial position. ^2 For some speakers, [t͡ʃ] occurs only at the beginning of syllables, while [t͡s] does not occur
Javanese script (6,316 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Like other Brahmic scripts, each letter (called an aksara) represents a syllable with the inherent vowel /a/ or /ɔ/ which can be changed with the placement
Aṉangu (902 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and Yankunytjatjara groups, is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable: [ˈaɳaŋʊ]. The original meaning of the word is "human being, person", "human
Joachim a Burck (312 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
have aimed to set the words to the music in a manner that almost each syllable has its own note and that the four parts sing the words simultaneously
Fu'an dialect (256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
50 rimes and 7 tones. The two-syllable tonal sandhi rules are shown in the table below (the rows give the first syllable's original citation tone, while
Tiwa language (India) (4,445 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
a preference for disyllabic roots. Tiwa does have several 3-syllable words, but 3-syllable roots also tend to have a secondary tone, as in shorondó [shôrondó]
Putian dialect (274 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sandhi rules: in an utterance, only the last syllable pronounced is not affected by the rules. The two-syllable tonal sandhi rules are shown in the table
Sango language (2,303 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
'bench' from French banc). In multisyllabic words all syllables carry low tone except the final syllable, which is lengthened and takes a descending tone.
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow (323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to
Obokuitai language (569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sounds as allophones. The voiced velar stop, [g], occurs syllable initial following a syllable final /k/. For example, /dikka/ -> [digga], 'husband of
Tonic (205 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or nerve ending typified by slow, continuous action Tonic syllable, the stressed syllable of a word Herbal tonic, a herbal medicine with tonic effects
.biz (506 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to be used by businesses. The name is a phonetic spelling of the first syllable of business. The biz TLD was created to relieve some of the demand for
Manam language (5,706 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
three last syllables of a word, and stressing the penult syllable is the most common: /ˈnatu/ 'child', /maˈlipi/ 'work'. If the last syllable ends in a
Six Dharmas of Naropa (10,330 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Meditating on mantric seed syllables on the center of each chakra; Tsongkhapa states: "one should concentrate on the syllables of the upper three chakras
Sandawe language (2,120 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
falling[clarification needed] tones are a prosodic effect, found on final syllables, or on penultimate syllables followed by a voiceless vowel; this leftward shift of tone
Bolachen (1,328 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Bolachen (the stress is on the second syllable; the "e" is also sounded) is a traditional card game for 3 players that is played in parts of southern Upper
Tagalog phonology (240 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Tagalog. Primary stress occurs on either the final or the penultimate syllable of a word. Vowel lengthening accompanies primary or secondary stress except
Turkmen alphabet (2,389 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
there are two types of syllables, open-ended syllables, which end in a vowel, and close-ended syllables. Open-ended syllables are ones that end in a vowel
Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den (1,050 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
which it has 22 different syllables, or Hokkien, in which it has 15 different syllables. The poem is an example of a one-syllable article, a form of constrained
Shm-reduplication (999 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
reduplication originating in Yiddish in which the original word or its first syllable (the base) is repeated with the copy (the reduplicant) beginning with the
Gatha (Zoroaster) (1,055 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
100 stanzas, (3 verses, 7+9 syllable meter) 43–46   Ushtavaiti Gatha   'Having Happiness', 66 stanzas (5 verses, 4+7 syllable meter) 47–50   Spenta Mainyu
Bandial language (1,752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
combines phonemes to produce syllables. The following are characterizations of Bandial vowels, consonants, and syllables. Bandial has ten vowels. Bandial
ISO 11940-2 (827 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
using only unadorned Latin letters. All information on vowel length and syllable tone is dropped, as well as the distinction between IPA /o/ and /ɔ/. The
Taiwanese kana (1,170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
katakana in Japanese, with the kana ヤ, ユ, ヨ, ワ, ヰ, and ヱ not used. Each syllable is written with two or three kana (with a few exceptions). Notable differences
Substitution (poetry) (327 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
the gourd, and plump the hazel shells Using '°' for a weak syllable, '/' for a strong syllable, and '|' for divisions between feet it can be represented
Hieut (244 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
has two pronunciation forms, [h] at the beginning of a syllable and [t̚] at the end of a syllable. After vowels or the consonant ㄴ it is semi-silent. It
Bargam language (108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Stress is usually found on the last syllable if it is closed, and on the penultimate syllable if the last syllable is open. Bargam at Ethnologue (25th